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Through the Looking Glass: reliving the past and revisiting the present through photographic heritage Fred Truyen, May 2016

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Through the Looking Glass:reliving the past and revisiting the present through

photographic heritage

Fred Truyen, May 2016

Virtual Museum

• It allows to navigate, walk through, view different angles, discuss and experience

• It allows to build virtual collections bringingtogether dispersed works

• Is not limited to physical museums

• Is an opportunity for archives and agencieswho do not have museum space to showcase their collections

Photography in the Virtual Museum

Photographic Archetype

Trompe l’oeil

The Virtual Museum

Beyond the pixel

Visual Spectrum

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UV

+ IR

Katoen Natie, Antifonarium, f 015R

VIS IR 850 nm UV 365 nm

Katoen Natie, Antifonarium, f 015R

VIS IR 850 nm UV 365 nm

Beyond the frame

The collapseof the MilvianBridge fromthe Story of Constantineseries

after P.P. Rubens

Michelle Obama & Carla Bruni Sarkozy